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I love the smell of placenta
in the morning!* Okay, not
really! But, I would have
never had the up-close
experience of this
particular type of human
tissue without branching-out beyond
my office door. I asked Dr. Leyva to
let me know when the next placenta
was on-site. Our colleagues, Justin
Fowler and Mary Ayn Tullier get these
to us very shortly after a delivery at
Chickasaw or Choctaw hospitals.
Then, Dr. Leyva and Mr. Grail
Pendarvis “spring into action” with the
necessary slicing-and-dicing so that
further tissue analysis can produce
Dr. Lyons’ findings (see pictures in
this issue of Connections).
Since our first days as a Center, I
think we have been very successful in
terms of broadening our perspectives
across our own disciplines and
intellectual paradigms. In Darwinian
terms, we are increasingly more fit as
a troop of scientists intellectually
swinging from brainy branch to brainy
branch. Well, we are primates, after
all!
As a social primate, I personally enjoy
the “feel” of our meetings:
friendliness, camaraderie, and
genuine interest in others’ projects.
I also encourage all of us to get
“further out” of our meeting-room
boundaries and go visit our AIDPC
colleagues in their work space. So,
brown-bag-it together. Take an
exercise walk together around
campus. Have a drink together after
work (water, of course, with maybe a
little something extra in it). It’s just
possible that work settings can be a lot
of fun!
*After, the movie “Apocalypse Now” in which
Robert Duvall’s character greets a morning near
the battle field with, “I love the smell of napalm in
the morning.”
Volume 1, Issue 7
Director’s Corner
Traditional Recipes
Guess Who?
Stillness by H.F. Stein
AIDPC Spotlight
What Have You Been Doing?
AIDPC Activities
American Indian Conferences
AIDPC Meeting Schedule
October 2013
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2
3
3
4
5
5
Visit us on the Web!
We appreciate your
stories! Please send
your ideas to Jennifer
Reeder at: jennifer-reeder@
ouhsc.edu.
Please make sure all
photos are the highest
resolution possible.
Thank you!
aidpc.ouhsc.edu
@AIDPC_OUHSC
American Indian
Diabetes Prevention
Center

1
I love the smell of placenta
in the morning!* Okay, not
really! But, I would have
never had the up-close
experience of this
particular type of human
tissue without branching-out beyond
my office door. I asked Dr. Leyva to
let me know when the next placenta
was on-site. Our colleagues, Justin
Fowler and Mary Ayn Tullier get these
to us very shortly after a delivery at
Chickasaw or Choctaw hospitals.
Then, Dr. Leyva and Mr. Grail
Pendarvis “spring into action” with the
necessary slicing-and-dicing so that
further tissue analysis can produce
Dr. Lyons’ findings (see pictures in
this issue of Connections).
Since our first days as a Center, I
think we have been very successful in
terms of broadening our perspectives
across our own disciplines and
intellectual paradigms. In Darwinian
terms, we are increasingly more fit as
a troop of scientists intellectually
swinging from brainy branch to brainy
branch. Well, we are primates, after
all!
As a social primate, I personally enjoy
the “feel” of our meetings:
friendliness, camaraderie, and
genuine interest in others’ projects.
I also encourage all of us to get
“further out” of our meeting-room
boundaries and go visit our AIDPC
colleagues in their work space. So,
brown-bag-it together. Take an
exercise walk together around
campus. Have a drink together after
work (water, of course, with maybe a
little something extra in it). It’s just
possible that work settings can be a lot
of fun!
*After, the movie “Apocalypse Now” in which
Robert Duvall’s character greets a morning near
the battle field with, “I love the smell of napalm in
the morning.”
Volume 1, Issue 7
Director’s Corner
Traditional Recipes
Guess Who?
Stillness by H.F. Stein
AIDPC Spotlight
What Have You Been Doing?
AIDPC Activities
American Indian Conferences
AIDPC Meeting Schedule
October 2013
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
5
5
Visit us on the Web!
We appreciate your
stories! Please send
your ideas to Jennifer
Reeder at: jennifer-reeder@
ouhsc.edu.
Please make sure all
photos are the highest
resolution possible.
Thank you!
aidpc.ouhsc.edu
@AIDPC_OUHSC
American Indian
Diabetes Prevention
Center